There is a great information and networking session coming up that you should consider attending.
Increasing Manufacturing Competitiveness
September 16, 2009 - Business Briefing - Brampton
Together with our community partner Brampton Economic Development and Caledon Economic Development and fellow EMC Members, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) is presenting a special business briefing for area manufacturers.
Increasing Manufacturing Competitiveness
In this session, you will learn how leveraging the expertise and experience that already exists within your local manufacturing community can help you improve. Through peer to peer networking with other manufacturers regardless of size or sector - that advantage increases. You gain access to additional world-class best practices, you can become more globally competitive and you are better able to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Al Diggins, President of EMC will discuss several pertinent topics affecting your business, including some key ways EMC members have succeeded in meeting these challenges:
- EMC's Natural Gas Purchasing Group
- Rising costs of business & the dollar;
- Manufacturing Specific Safety Group
- EMC's new 400 on-line training programs
- Aging workforce
- Scarcity of knowledge resources;
- The China Syndrome;
- EMC's Food Sector Initiative
Discover how EMC's model network is helping manufacturers to succeed!
Manufacturing in Today's Harsh Climate
Change is around us continually - and developing a corporate culture and mindset to deal with the challenges that change brings can help strengthen your company - moving your business closer to a world class organization!
Our Guest Speaker, Chad Metcalf, President, Value Stream Solutions, will discuss several topics:
- Culture & the ability to get things done,
- Vision/Values/Roles/Enablers/Measures
- Identifying resistance, having a plan, staying the course
- Working through change to get results
- Building a sustainable process for continuous improvement
- Standard work, problem solving, improving, measuring, and adjusting
September 16, 2009 - This is a Free Event
Fire/Life Safety Education Centre George Hitchcock RM
225 Central Park Drive Brampton, ON
8:00am to 11:00am
For More Information or to RSVP, please contact me!
Tim Smith
519-827-7811
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